The guests did all of their laborious work within the opening 45 minutes as Ethan Galbraith and Josh Key each discovered the web to put their facet in management by the point the half-time whistle had been blown. Pompey did rally after the restart and Jacob Brown gave them some hope they may rescue a minimum of a degree when he diminished the arrears halfway by means of the second half.
However, an equaliser remained out of attain and John Mousinho’s facet stay simply 4 factors and three locations above the relegation zone as they now flip their focus in the direction of Monday’s house sport with Derby County.
But the place are Pompey predicted to finish on this season’s Championship? We check out the newest predicted remaining table from the stats experts at Opta.

1. Supercomputer predicts Championship table
Opta have predicted how the ultimate Championship table will look. | Leila Coker/Getty Images

2. 24. Sheffield Wednesday
Expected factors: 1.06 | Lee Keuneke/PA Wire

3. 23. Oxford United
Expected factors: 47.58 | Gary Oakley/PA Wire

4. 22. West Bromwich Albion
Expected factors: 47.98 | Nick Potts/PA Wire